Preparation
Procedure
- Determine a VID and VLAN name suitable for your Management VLAN.
- Plan your topology to use switches that support Management VLANs. See The secure Management VLAN.
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Include only the following ports:
- Half-duplex repeaters dedicated to connecting management stations to the Management VLAN can also be included in this topology. Any device connected to a half-duplex repeater in the Management VLAN will also have Management VLAN access.
- Configure the Management VLAN on the selected switch ports.
- Test the Management VLAN from all of the management stations authorized to use it, including any SNMP-based network management stations. Also test any Management VLAN links between switches.
NOTE:
If you configure a Management VLAN on a switch using a Telnet connection through a port not in the Management VLAN, you will lose management contact with the switch if you log off your Telnet connection or execute
write memory
and
reboot
the switch.